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Anonymous9n4 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Plural or singular

Hi.Could you help me with this exercise?I have to put in the correct words, but I'm confused whether I should use singural or plural form.
There is a big new sports centre near my home. There are football ________ ( pitch or pitches), tennis and basketball _________ (court or courts), swimming _________ (pool or pools), a sports hall with two boxing _________ ( I put rings here), and even a skating _________ (park). There is a seperate athletics ________ (track) ...
Note that I don't have the words given. The words in brackets are my suggestions.
  

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Greetings, Motor_Angel, if the determiners in the text were given in the exercise, then the following forms should be used: motor_angel There is a big new sports centre near my home. There are football PITCHES ( pitch or pitches), tennis and basketball COURTS (court or courts), swimming POOLS (pool or pools), a sports hall with two boxing RINGS ( I put rings here), and even a skating PARK (park). There is a seperate athletics TRACK (track) ...

— Andriy Lapin

  • Greetings, Motor_Angel, if the determiners in the text were given in the exercise, then the following forms should be used: motor_angel There is a big new sports centre near my home.
  • There are football PITCHES ( pitch or pitches), tennis and basketball COURTS (court or courts), swimming POOLS (pool or pools), a sports hall with two boxing RINGS ( I put rings here), and even a skating PARK (park).
  • There is a seperate athletics TRACK (track) ...
  • Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff
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Greetings, Motor_Angel,

if the determiners in the text were given in the exercise, then the following forms should be used:
motor_angelThere is a big new sports centre near my home. There are football PITCHES ( pitch or pitches), tennis and basketball COURTS (court or courts), swimmi
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motor_angelHi.Could you help me with this exercise?I have to put in the correct words, but I'm confused whether I should use singural or plural form.

There is a big new sports centre near my home. There are football __ pitches, tennis and basketball courts, swimming __ pool, a sports hall with two boxing __ rings and even a skating _
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Hi guys,



seperate separate



All of the phrases here are standard, except for 'skating park' which is not. The standard phrase for 'skating ____' is 'skating rink'. It often, although not always, suggests ice.



Clive
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Hello, Clive,

thanks for this addition. In fact, skatepark (or skate park) would do perfectly well here, but the given structure does not allow for it, unfortunately. You are right about skating rink, no doubt, though Collins Cobuilt, for instance, mentions the 'ice' meaning as a main one, suggesting that the 'concrete' meaning may be more precisely defined by ro
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I believe that it is intended for people who skateboard, not those who ice skate.

Skateboarders use a skating park.
Ice skaters use a skating rink.

I use neither. Friction is my friend in overcoming gravity's evil intentions.
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motor_angel Hi.Could you help me with this exercise?I have to put in the correct words, but I'm confused whether I should use singural or plural form.
There is a big new sports centre near my home. There are football ________ ( pitch or pitches), tennis and basketball _________ (court or courts), swimming _________ (pool or pools), a sports hall with two boxing ___
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